About the PRC...The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Texas at Austin that provides support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from departments all across campus. Our researchers' projects focus primarily on health disparities, religion and health, children and families, education and transitions to adulthood, and the demography of Latin America and the US border. |
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Current Front Page News
Jason Abrevaya's Gender Selection Work Noted in NYT PRC Faculty Research Associate and UT Economics professor Jason Abrevaya was mentioned in the New York Times articles "U.S. Births Hint at Bias for Boys in Some Asians." |
Jennifer Karas Montez Wins Paper Award Jennifer Karas Montez was awarded the 2009 Lora Romero Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. |
PRC Trainee Ana Paula Verona Awarded Compton Foundation/PRB International Fellowship The $14,500 fellowship will support Ana Paula's dissertation research on reproductive behavior and religion among young women in Brazil. |
UT Department of Psychology/PRC Job Posting The University of Texas at Austin Department of Psychology and the Population Research Center (PRC) invite applications for a tenure/tenure track faculty position as a full-time Assistant Professor to begin Fall semester 2009. Research interests for this position include genetic correlates of behavior, with a special emphasis on health, broadly defined. |
UT Department of Sociology Job Postings in Biodemography, Criminology, and Religion The Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for positions starting in Fall 2009. |